Daily Republican., 1887-11-23
Business Efnics,


merciai College, 60 the mum ber Of abou,
lo), assembled In the auditorium OF In,
sutute Fl ali last evening, to hear the
lecture Of the Rev. A. N. Keigwiu, on
"Bastnsss E;hice."
Mr. Ksigwiu was introd uced by HIS.
Soloy, the principal OF the Comm ere .al
College.
Mr. Ksigwin began his remarks by
reviewing his lecture of six weeks AGO.
The part OF ethics to which Mr.. Kelq.
win would confns himself was truth.
Truth IL the foundation OF everyth ing.
Ihe sneaker then went on to give def
nitloIs of truth from Locke and others,
and fnaliy from the BtDle But etuics.
or that part called truth, la necessary TO
businets, There Ia no hook exsau,,
towever, that speaks OF business ethics
Ethics has always been pracli0ed In the
cloisler and church rather than in bust
moss Indeed, the speaker thought that
Professor Goldy deserved q patent ou
the name business etn.cs. Business
ethics, however, was really the frat
kind ethics. Egypt, Tyre aud SEDAN
were all founded on business principles.
Some OF you young gentlemen, ssid
hr. keiSwip, carry canes made OF teal
wood which came from the yacht Alva.
There 10 nothing new about that kind
Of cane. Nebcuhadnezar bought
canes Of teak wood in tue markets oi
Nineva. Socrates was the founder ol
o'hics. The speaker then eloQUentlJ
described SocrEtes ~ Athens. How
this p DOT, ugly boy appeared among sh,
men from oil nations who had gathered
there to listen TO the tea chings OF tn,
sophists. Socrates had mission 4
fulfill. Xapophen representa- him al
saying, Trees and fields will DO me ns
good; the streets will" No one eve
knew Socrates TO do can act or say .
mtan thing. Bot Socrates did not thins
b nnself wise, 90 be refused the name o
sophist or wise man and took that o
Philosopher, which means q lover o.
wibtom. Socrates WAS the student o
| the street; the founder, we might say
| OF business ethics. There arc s.ms VIII,
would divorce morality aud business
whs say keep religion o1t OF busine ss
But we should practice that which Il
good We should be lifted above mer,
gfead. Truth 10 in man as the germ i:
| in the seed, and every endeavor shoull
be made 10 have that germ grow. MAI
| was made for truth and truth for man
Man 10 . social being. He cannot liv,
by himself. Business 10 what make
tie csntre of population. Business /
| what makes rnen seek eacn other; an,
at the bottom Of all things is truth
| Porter says that "sruth Is the cemen
that holds the social structure together.
There are some manufacturers VII
spend thousands OF dollars willingly
protect their customers against frauds
They tsve goods angliclzed. Does thi
not show that there strIth in business
Bat We can say that truth Is sorely bt
set In business. This Is o period G
transition. There ara young men rush
ing into business whose sole aim Ia
mako money. Tbs old men in th
business are passing away. Fraud
pushing It's way In; when your shoe
maker has 70 cut the sole Of your sho
10 fud II the heel has not been stam pc
ont of 1t and filed In with paper, au
your tailor has to examine every ptec
of cloth he buys with microscope,
Is time to raise the danger signal. Ope
the door but on q crack and a legion
devils will be there TO push 1t wide ope
and enter. As an example OF the In
portance OF truth in business mint
tenths Of business is confidence.
falsehood In the strictest sense 10 thef
1t la robbery from the public treasur
of confidence. No man Ia able TO d
business on o capital Of lies. Ever
time . business mnn lies he virtual
acknowledges his weakness financial,
| Cowar6ics has lost more battles tn
s3y.hing else. At Gettysburg, tx
greatest battle OF our history. whel
blue and gray alike gollautly foua!
for supremacy, there was one battery
work which is seldom mentioned, e.
cep. ino dent ,ily. IL was 10 the hrea'
o. Lee aud Of Pickett, 1t was baitIne
| I'D hack of the double breasted coat
ysry was 1--WE can't do It,"
The speaker said he had made q stud
Of military movements. He had fouI
strategy to fail so many times that
had often wondered why 1t was ev'
us,d. The successes OF Napoleon an
OF General Grant were due TO tt
straightforward manner in which the
fought and the fear intpired ia the
foes by that. The lis told oy the wite
of Eudor caused Saul to be defeated ;
Cowardice
Some authors say o lie is som stim'
| JustlnAUle, EDu tu6utluu Luo Cdoo VI II
sane people. There is Q hospital In Par
which was built to confute this. Au
the reports fIom 1t show that 1t hi
done &c. The managers of this hospit
say that to tell lie to an insane ma
makes him lose all respect sor his EeeI
era.
But rem snber, snid Mr.. Keigwil
that man may sometimes be unAb
to keep his word, although 1t may
his desire to do 30. No one can loo
into the future. Business men say Gas
IL thirty days, and the law always q
lows three days more, Eut when yo
give your word abide by it. All Il
Henry Georges In ths world csun'
shake the business of the world. II
wishes to try Communism there 81
some Indians In tue West who hay
been trying 1t for years and who wi
sell our cheap. Business will contipr
until Its undation-truth-,s take
away. When business falls then q
will TALL.
After Mr.. Keigwin's remarks, M
Goldey spoko for few minutes on Il
school anG invited those present to Il
spect the rooms, which they did an
were much pleased.
|
Sleep and plenty VI tt must be had b
| ths baby: and II It's rest bo broken